Hot-box cooler



April l 1924. 1,488,944

E. E. SHERRILL HOT BOX COOLER .Fild Feb. 24. 1923 V u A @Wou/5% ventionwill beset il? i922@ narran EUNIS E. SHERRXLL, F DALHART, TEXAS.

EGT-BGE; COULTER.

Application led February 24:, 15323. Serial Ho. 621,103.

To oil whom t may concern.'

Be it known that Ennis E. Srinizarnn, citizen of the United States.residing at lDalhart, in the county of Dallam State of Texas, hasinvented certain new and useful lm provements in Hot-Box Coolers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hot box cooler for the journals and journalboxes or railway cars and it has for its object to provide a device ofthis character constructed in such manner as to discharge a stream ofwater upon. a heated journal during the transit of the car.

it is a further object of the invention to so support the reservoircontaining the cooling water that it will be maintained in a warmcondition by rthe heated journal bon and journal and will thereby beprevented from freezing in cold weather.

Further objects and advantages of the inorth in the detailed descriptionwhich follows.

lin the accompanying drawing:

l. is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a journalbox constructed in accordance with the invention;y

and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the figures ofthe drawing.

The device of the present invention comprises a bucket like receptacle 5having a carrying bail and hinged closure plate 7 and 8. yThisreceptacle is adapted to be held in position within the mouth otjournal. box i? by means ot a chain 1 0 which extends around thereceptacle and is connected to ring 1l. rThis ring. in turn. isconnected with a lamp 13 which maybe clamped to the side of the journalbox by the tightening ci a screw i4. Partition walls 15 and 16 havingthe connecting openings l? and i8 termed through them prevent unduesplashing of the water within the receptacle 5 and conseouentlv preventthis water from spilling out oi the top ot the receptacle under theswaying motion of the car.

A valve i9 leads from the lower part of the receptacle 5 and at thatside of the receptacle toward the journal box. A screen 20 prevents theentry of dirt or other foreign particles to the valve 19 from thereceptacle and consequently prevents the entry of' such dirt into thedischarge pipe 2l. This discharge pipe is connected, with the body ofthe valve by means of a sleevey 22 and the end of the pipe is providedwith a rounded portion 23 ci such a nature as to permit of the shiftingof theposition of the pipe to one side orthe other of thejournal. Bymounting the receptacle in the position shown and opening the valve 19to the proper degreea water from the receptacle may be run continuously`upon the heated journal and will cool the ljournal to a suiiicientextent to permit of the car being carried to its destination. It will beobserved that the receptacle 5 is supported directly within the mouth ofthe journal box and this brings the receptacle in such proximity to theheated journal and journal box as to prevent the freezing of the watertherein. A plate 2e secured to the bottom of the receptacle is providedwith downturned members 25 and 26. The members 25 abut against the outeredge of the mouth of the journalbox and aid in supporting the receptaclein position, while these several projections together constitute legsfor the receptacle.

lit is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstructiony set liorth but that it includes within its purviewwhatever changes fairly come Within either the terms or the spirit ofthe appended claims.

Having described my claim is:

l. A device for cooling journals compris ing a tank adapted to receivewater, means `or conducting water therefrom to a journal to be cooledand means for supporting the tank in the open mouth of a journal box,said means comprising a iiexible element adapted to embrace the tank, aclamp connected to said ile'irible element and adapted to embrace andgrip a sidewall of the journal bor to draw the tanlr toward the journalbox and elements upon the bottom oi the tanlr engageable with the irontedge of the journal box and limiting the inward movement of the tank.

2. A. device for cooling heated journals comprising a tank, means forsupporting the same in the open mouth of the journal bon, a partitionwall spanning the tank in one d1- rection and having an openingtherethrough near the lower end thereof, a second partition wallextending substantially at right angles to the first named partitionwall but not completely dividing that part of the invention what l tankinto which it projects into separate compartments, a valve leading fromthe lower portion of the tank, and a rigid pipe having swiveledconnection with the casing of said valve7 said pipe having an odsetportion adapted to be swung to varying positions around thecircumference ofrjournal to be cooled.

3. A device of the character described comprising a tank and means forsupporting lthe same in the open mouth of a journal box comprisingmembers upon the bottom of the tank adapted to engage the lower front`edge of the journal box, a chain adapted to extend around the tank anda clamp to 15 which the ends of the chain are connecteda said clamphaving a bifurcated formation and adapted to embrace the sidewall of thejournal box and having a toothed inner jawl and a clamping screwthreaded to the outer 20 in testimony whereof he aiixes his signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

